WEBVTT LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL SAY THEY ARE TRYING TO DERAIL A PROPOSED FEE FOR SOME LOUISVILLE L-G-AND-E CUSTOMERS. W-L-K-Y's MARK VANDERHOFF WENT TO JEFFERSON PARK THIS MORNING, WHERE SOME OF THEM ANNOUNCED THEIR ALTERNATIVE IDEAS. MAYOR GREG FISCHER WANTS A THREE PERCENT FRANCHISE FEE ON NATURAL GAS BILLS. TONIGHT, SOME METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS PLAN TO PROPOSE 1.5 TO TWO PERCENT INCREASE. BUT SIX REPUBLICANS WHO SPOKE HERE THIS MORNING SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO RAISE THE FRANCHISE FEE AT ALL. MAYOR FISCHER SAYS HIS PROPOSAL WILL COST AN AVERAGE L-G-AND-E CUSTOMER 20 DOLLARS PER YEAR.... THE LOWER FEE, PROPOSED BY DEMOCRATS AND ONE REPUBLICAN, WOULD COST 12 TO 18 DOLLARS PER YEAR. BUT THE REPUBLICANS WHO SPOKE TODAY SAY THAT'S STILL TOO MUCH FOR LOUISVILLIANS WHO ARE BEING NICKEL AND DIMED EVERYWHERE ELSE. THEY PROPOSE DELAYING SOME HIRING... SPREADING OUT A LARGE UPCOMING LOAN PAYMENT OVER SEVERAL YEARS... AND A ONE-TIME TAX AMNESTY TO COLLECT DELIQUENT PAYMENTS WITH NO PENALTY. we keep hearing it's just this, it's just this, its just this, at some point you have to wonder, ok, i can't drink as much coffee, i've given up my soft drinks, i'm not going out to eat anymore, what's left? REPUBLICAN KEVIN KRAMER SAYS THEY ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE VOTES FOR TO TONIGHT's COUNCIL MEETING... BUT HE ACKNOWLEDGED IT's AN UPHILL BATTLE. MARK VANDERHOFF WLKY NEWS THANK YOU MARK- AND